Icon Smakk

As you all know, three of America's iconic figures have died over the past few days - Michael Jackson as the King of Pop, Farrah Fawcett as the 70's sex symbol poster girl, and Ed McMahon as the ultimate sidekick and the modern day pioneer of reality talent shows. (There wouldn't be an American Idol or Britney Spears without Star Search.) They each had their own personal demons and well media documented trials and tribulations over the last few years, but I'm willing to look past those things and show respect in their passings. Though I can't make church this Sunday since I'll be trying to beat the 100+ degree heat on the golf course, I will pay my respects to each while out on the fairways. I'll wear one white glove in honor of MJ, laugh at Elrod & Loop's bad jokes and remarks in honor of Ed, and imagine the cart girl in a tight red bathing suit and feathered blonde hair. Oh I really hope that they don't have a porker slinging the beers out there....

Name Smakk
Last night while at one of our fav dinner spots in Addy, Flying Fish, the Bunny & I were discussing baby names with Big Wu and 7 month preggo L. During this convo, I came up with the perfect name if there is ever a Smakk Jr. And the name is....Sparta. You can just see him having this conversation with a new little friend:
"Hi. My name is Timmy."
"Hello Timmy. I AM SPARTA!!!"
There has not been inspired name choosing greatness like this for over four years. Isn't that right Carrot...

Small Town Smakk
It's just amazing to me how small town business is so different to larger cities. I'm down in Shreveport today, which I never really considered a "small town", since there are 200,000 people living here. (On a side note - the population is 54% female in case any of you need that advantage LRod.) So one of my employees takes me on a sales call to a new client.On the way there I ask about how he got this new business. He explains that the main contact is a young man that we helped find a previous job for after his mother contacted us who was a high school friend of my employee. While on the call, they reminisce on mom winning the beauty pageant 20 years ago, talk about the sister's new job in Tulsa, the sister's husband successful bout with cancer a few years ago, etc, etc. I was fully expecting to hear about whatever the pets had been doing lately but the conversation was cut short (after an hour) when another vendor of the client came for an appointment. Of course, my employee also knew this guy from the other vendor, so we got another half hour in updates about the construction going on by his house, the new truck he recently got, etc, etc.
With 2 more sakes calls on my schedule later today, I fully expect to be flipping through yearbooks and watching slide shows before my day ends here.